1. Register Now or Never

Registration is required. There will be no registration taken at the door. If you aren’t registered, you will not get in.

The $20.00 fee to attend the weekend workshop covers your two day entrance, a t-shirt (if you registered early enough), meals, and all access in and out to the event and accompanying special events. T-shirts and meals were all pre-ordered, so you have to register by Friday in order to get in the door for the weekend’s event.

2. Think wordcampdallas2008.

The tag for the weekend event is wordcampdallas2008.

If you are live blogging, tag your blog post accordingly. If you are uploading images to Flickr, tag them with wordcampdallas2008. Whatever social media you are using, tag it with wordcampdallas2008 so we can all track the event’s activities and events.

3. Check the FAQ.

The WordCamp Dallas FAQ has location information, driving directions, and information to help you get from the airport, rent a car, and all the information you need to enjoy the full weekend at WordCamp Dallas in Frisco, Texas.

The FAQ even has a listing of activities, restaurants, and things of note in the area for you to explore.

4. Read up on the Speakers.

Put together questions you want asked and answered about how they blog, why they blog, and how they can help you blog better. Be ready to ask the good questions, the things you really want to know. It doesn’t matter if you ask them when they are speaking or before or after their speech. They are there to help you blog and understand how WordPress works, so be prepared to get your questions answered now.

5. Be ready for more than you bargained for.

There are a whole lot of special events and activities beyond those mentioned in the events schedule. There will be video interviews, podcasting, possibly live video and podcasting streaming, tons of goodies, parties, celebrities, and a first hand look at a lot of WordPress and related goodies.

Bring your body, awake and ready. Bring a camera, paper, pens, pencils, water bottle, laptop, PDA, whatever you need to get you through the blogging day and be prepared to shake a lot of hands, get hugged, give hugs, ask a lot of questions, get a lot of answers, and have a fantastic two days surrounded by everything blogging and WordPress!

A lot of volunteer effort went into this event, and many will be named, but even more will go unnamed, so thank everyone you see working on the event, from the person checking you in at the door to the person running the WIFI and serving your food. They all have given up their time to be there to make this event the best it can be for everyone. Spread your thanks everywhere.

I’m going to be at WordCamp Dallas talking on Saturday about WordPress Power Tips, the secret tips and techniques of my power blogging techniques revealed to all. Hope I see you there!

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Pretty stoked about this event. This conference is going to pop my conference cherry! I’ve checked the weather and it looks like it’s going to be in the 70s with slight chances of rain this weekend. I’m really just going to try and soak up everything I can. There will probably be information overload but I’m sure I’ll be able to remember a couple of things!

This is your first? OHMIGOD! Well, it’s going to be great, and the rest won’t compare after you’ve been WordCamped. :D Aren’t you sure you should rush out and experience a lesser conference first? Hee hee.

It’s going to be great and you will indeed suffer information overload. But don’t worry. With a little more practice, you’ll get better at it.

Oh, the fun I could have with this! It’s a first for Mark Ghosh, too! So you can share the experience of firsts.

Wow! I just discovered this was coming this weekend, and I’m registering to be there too! I can hardly wait to actually meet everyone in person, shake hands. Now I’m wishing I had a laptop or a Blackberry. This will be fun I’m sure! I look forward to meeting you Lorelle, and Liz Strauss and everyone else. Whoohooo! :)

I’d love to get involved with it, can anyone point me in a direction that I can volunteer to help?
I’ve commented on the post, I guess I wait for someone to contact me? :P Sorry for being a total noob, i’m pretty new to this stuff, but I really want to get involved :)
Hope you’re having fun at the Dallas Wordcamp right now :D

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